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SAIL THROUGH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sail through mean?
• SAIL THROUGH (verb)
The verb SAIL THROUGH has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SAIL THROUGH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Succeed at easily
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
ace; breeze through; nail; pass with flying colors; sail through; sweep through
Context example:
She nailed her astrophysics course
Hypernyms (to "sail through" is one way to...):
make it; pass (go successfully through a test or a selection process)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
If they find nothing to alert you about, you sail through them quite easily.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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